Bloody Government We've just had an Email from Brittany Ferries saying that "due to the Government's "Initiative" to create additional freight capacity for the transportation of critical goods", our overnight ferry in early April will now leave Britain 30 minutes earlier but is getting into the French Port 90 minutes earlier meaning we'll have to get up 90 minutes earlier. So we lose out on 90 minutes in our cabin. Do you think we can get a 90 minute refund?

"Initiative?" Is that like the fact that they've set aside boats from a company that doesn't own any boats?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...m-no-ships.html

Randa

I just hope we're not sleeping amongst "critical goods" unless it whisky for export.

R

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"We've just had an Email from Brittany Ferries saying that "due to the Government's "Initiative" to create additional freight capacity for the transportation of critical goods", our overnight ferry in early April will now leave Britain 30 minutes earlier but is getting into the French Port 90 minutes earlier meaning we'll have to get up 90 minutes earlier".

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I've been trying to figure this out so probably, by setting sail 30 minutes early and sailing straight across the English Channel at full steam thus shortening the journey by 60 minutes they can, over the course of the day, get a few more berthing slots in.

Is that how others read it?

Randa

So the Government have decided to commandeer OUR boat? Yes, I say ours as we paid for the hire of part of it for 10 hours. Whatever next?

Randa

IDPs (International Driving Permits).

Knowing that we need an IDP for one of the countries we plan to visit whether we have a Brexit "No Deal" or not and knowing that we can get them from one of the two post offices currently issuing them in Wales up to three months before we travel, we ventured forth this morning armed with our passports, driving licences and photos.

After a great debate we assumed that it would be better to supply photos that looked like the ones in our Driving Licences and Passports rather than the way we look now.

The first objection was the photos but we managed to convince the Post Office Staff that our thinking was perhaps best (we can always brush back hair and tuck in beards to make us look more like the photos should we get an obnoxious border guard). However, when asked when we were travelling, we were told that they couldn't issue an IDP as we were travelling after the end of February as it's all change during February. They didn't know much about it other than the directive.

I argued that as they are for a full twelve months then we'll have them anyway but date them from now. They weren't happy but complied with our wishes. Forms were filled out ticking all the countries we aimed to visit (including one or two EU countries) and we were issued with two IDP1949s. I was expecting IDP1968s. We decided to risk it as it'll cost the best part of £11.00 incl city parking if we needed to visit again. (Two IDPs are £11.00)

However, when we arrived home we decided to look up the information on the AA website rather that the Post Office and although still not perfectly clear, the AA one does at least spell out the changes in some detail.

https://www.theaa.com/driving-advice/driving-abroad/idp

So, dependent on how we leave the EU, we may need to purchase IDP 1968s and we'll also need our IDP 1949s for Turkey or if we decide on a visit to Spain instead. At least they promise that the 2500 Post Office outlets will be within 10 minutes of 97% of the population. So, that's Greater London sorted but I daresay we'll still need to make a 45 minute trip into Swansea.

In short, "Nobody Knows"

Randa